Why whites are blind to their racism

[Toddsterpatriot]

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Yeah my black friends tell me that all the time, as we sit there drinking our Remi Martin, laughing at the liberals who bitch and moan how unfair their lives are because of "whitie". Yeah, my black friends used their White Privilege to become their own business owners and very wealthy... If a black man uses "white privilege" to become a millionaire, are they then blind to their own racism? I must ask them tomorrow...

This just in, when I asked my friends if they thought they were blind to their racism, all of them avowed that they never again would be a victim of liberalism and have moved on.

“White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering the ability to tolerate racial stress, leading to what I refer to as White Fragility. White Fragility is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium.”

White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress.

No race based stress in Africa. No stress at all.

Africa has it's own section. Go deny your racism there.

Keep on whinin' bro.

 

[longknife]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

This and other posts like it are absolutely ignrorant!!!

Members of ALL races have aversions to members of other races. It's genetic. Each race wants to create more members as a matter of survival.

 

[beagle9]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

This whole post is racist.
It literally assumes that being white means you cannot be effected by racism.
Especially since Whites have been effected by racism on a regular basis, thanks to our corrupt media, since the chosen one was elected in 2008.

Whites have been racists since at least July 4, 1776.

Whites have been racists since creation.
But so have blacks.
After all, Egypt enslaved Hebrews 4000 years ago.

Racist is a term used on moron's who somehow think that the color of a man or woman's skin, uhh somehow makes up who the human being/man/woman would be in character and/or in intellect.

Anything pertaining to one's character in which a human being exibits and/or shows in their actions is a learned trait, and has absolutely nothing to do with ones skin color or looks.

Would you agree ??

 

[IM2]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

This whole post is racist.
It literally assumes that being white means you cannot be effected by racism.
Especially since Whites have been effected by racism on a regular basis, thanks to our corrupt media, since the chosen one was elected in 2008.

Whites have been racists since at least July 4, 1776.

Whites have been racists since creation.
But so have blacks.
After all, Egypt enslaved Hebrews 4000 years ago.

Racist is a term used on moron's who somehow think that the color of a man or woman's skin, uhh somehow makes up who the human being/man/woman would be in character and/or in intellect.

Anything pertaining to one's character in which a human being exibits and/or shows in their actions is a learned trait, and has absolutely nothing to do with ones skin color or looks.

Would you agree ??

What you really need to do is stop trying to get me to agree with your definition of racism that continues allowing you to deny character and actions by whites that have caused great harm to people who look like me.

 

[beagle9]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

This whole post is racist.
It literally assumes that being white means you cannot be effected by racism.
Especially since Whites have been effected by racism on a regular basis, thanks to our corrupt media, since the chosen one was elected in 2008.

Whites have been racists since at least July 4, 1776.

Whites have been racists since creation.
But so have blacks.
After all, Egypt enslaved Hebrews 4000 years ago.

Racist is a term used on moron's who somehow think that the color of a man or woman's skin, uhh somehow makes up who the human being/man/woman would be in character and/or in intellect.

Anything pertaining to one's character in which a human being exibits and/or shows in their actions is a learned trait, and has absolutely nothing to do with ones skin color or looks.

Would you agree ??

What you really need to do is stop trying to get me to agree with your definition of racism that continues allowing you to deny character and actions by whites that have caused great harm to people who look like me.

You are one hopeless puppy in life. How about this then, go get a life before it's to late.

 

[mudwhistle]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

This whole post is racist.
It literally assumes that being white means you cannot be effected by racism.
Especially since Whites have been effected by racism on a regular basis, thanks to our corrupt media, since the chosen one was elected in 2008.

Whites have been racists since at least July 4, 1776.

Whites have been racists since creation.
But so have blacks.
After all, Egypt enslaved Hebrews 4000 years ago.

Racist is a term used on moron's who somehow think that the color of a man or woman's skin, uhh somehow makes up who the human being/man/woman would be in character and/or in intellect.

Anything pertaining to one's character in which a human being exibits and/or shows in their actions is a learned trait, and has absolutely nothing to do with ones skin color or looks.

Would you agree ??

What you really need to do is stop trying to get me to agree with your definition of racism that continues allowing you to deny character and actions by whites that have caused great harm to people who look like me.

Oh really?
When did this happen, 160 years ago??

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

It’s a widely known fact that if you bring up racism enough in public a white person will materialize to tell you that race simply isn’t a major factor in our lives. Sure, racism was real way back when, but not now, they’ll say. Nobody alive today owned slaves, they’ll say. I never see racism, they’ll say. Back up your claim and prove racism exists, they’ll say.

You’ll present a rational argument. You’ll give them studies, persuasively written articles, and suggest books for them to read. You’ll share your personal experiences and the experiences of those you know navigating our white supremacist landscape.

They’ll argue the data aren’t sound. The writers of the articles too biased. They’ll never read the books. And they’ll dismiss the experiences as anecdotal and not representative of broader society—and don’t you dare call it a white supremacist society. That really makes white people flip their shit.

I’ve had this conversation with whites way too many times, but I have recently realized how backwards it is. There’s no need to prove a foundational component of our national composition continues to shape its present state. The burden of proof is on those who claim this historical reality has been interrupted. The fact that racism exists in the United States is uncontroversial from a historical viewpoint. Ours is a nation founded on genocide, land-theft, and chattel slavery. There’s no debate over this. There’s also no debate over the existence of institutional racism throughout Old Jim Crow in the century that followed emancipation. (Nor is there any honest debate regarding the existence of institutional racism now.)

In that context the position that racism still exists in the United States requires no evidence- Jim Crow actually represented progress at one point, but it certainly didn’t mark an end to racism. I’m sure whites at the time argued it did. Like whites today, I’m sure they demanded proof racism still existed after emancipation.

So as I have asked many times and never can get answered despite all the silly ludicrous crap from white idiot racist extremists:

Prove when racism ended and its effects were allayed. Show, with data and peer-reviewed studies supporting your argument, when the effects of the hundreds of years of anti-Black racism from chattel slavery through Old Jim Crow leveled off. Show when the wealth expropriated during that oppression was repaid to those it was expropriated from and through. And remember, after you’ve addressed the end of anti-Black racism you’ll still have to explain when anti-Latinx, anti-Asian, anti-Arab, and anti-Native racism came to an end as well.

ill say it again and i'm curious


i'm sorry my ancestors bought your ancestors from your ancestors and made em work the fields.

some of my ancestors did their best to rightly outlaw slavery world wide
some of them probably didn't even know or care what racist issues we would face over the actual centuries or what people of African decent would suffer through .

no matter what "racist" shit that comes out of my mouth or Anyones mouth for that matter :

I think i can assure you that the majority of Caucasians .....and Latinos who identify as white would simply..... because of the color of another persons skin Deny anyone a job or not sit next to someone at a diner counter and not say hi how ya doin ,whats good here?

And dont get me wrong ill never deny that their aren't white, Latino ,yellow devil nips AND YES black racists out there.

BUT when you get down to it To me you're just another American and we're equals under the law

speaking of

i'd like to add long before black lives matter were around you had libertarians and some woke right wingers screaming about the militarization of the police. NO ONE Was listening to them .

black lives matter blew it when a white guy started it lol
YET

NO matter who started that particular "social justice movement" if they didn't have an agenda they could of teamed up and join forces to deal with some real issues that we can all agree needed some attention...... real attention.

beware of the hand when its coming from the left
chuck d
WOrd!

IF they really gave a shit they would of reached right back out.

I KNOW for a fact in the beginning of the BLM Movement that the retards at bad cop no donut and cato reached out to them. i was a fan of the guy who started what is now catos( libertarian think tank)
what is catos and bad cop list

daily lists of news reports on the police who shoot dogs for no reason and violate peoples rights ,,,or walk out of supermarkets with cart fulls of food without paying for em LOL

THAT was actually published in a local newspaper that they picked up on once . white devil cop thought his super white privilege card meant free shit .

You don't think its just black people who are thrown into the grinder of the states prison industrial complex? or black persons dogs getting shot by cops for no reason ? ....their are great cops out their who wouldn't violate your rights AND THEY PUT UP WITH A LOT OF SHIT from the general public . I SALUTE THEM ....... but what happened to come out peacefully with your hands up ? or not being choked to death for breaking a NYS and city tax law?why was a black or white child viscously harmed by a flash bang gestapo like raid?

AND WHY IN HELL does the department of education have a swat team and a pile of ammo ?

stuff reasonable AMERICANS can agree on, find common ground ,and work towards common sense solutions or even legislation ?

brother brother whats goin on

growing up my friends mother was a black activist who actually met malcom.
the first day i was in his apartment his mother promptly asked whats that white boy doing in my house ! I used a exclamation cause it wasn't really a question if ya catch my drift .....that was the day Martin Luther King actually clicked in my head.
true story

you can call me whatever ya want i've been called everything in the book . i wouldn't need a pacifier or a coloring book ......especially with that white privilege card in my wallet

anyway like a said i'm also a little curious
I have a question ?

I dont know your political affiliation YOU may have none which is fine. i wont even mention the two American and French politician who ARE really responsible for that whole mess BUT

a few years ago when the Arabs we're selling black people off in tripoli...an actual open air slave market in the 21st century . I would at least hope you raised an eyebrow? ..or did you not notice that ? Maybe you ignored it like a progressive white piece of trash?
OR is your name Je$$ie?

just curious

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

progressives why is mr whitey on the moon and Marvin both complaining about taxes ?....

i say they're white racists scared of socialism
derp

 

[koshergrl]

I think it's sad that there are black people who spend their entire lives trying to convince the world that they should be pitied and propped up because of their insistence that they are substandard.

 

[IM2]

This whole post is racist.
It literally assumes that being white means you cannot be effected by racism.
Especially since Whites have been effected by racism on a regular basis, thanks to our corrupt media, since the chosen one was elected in 2008.

Whites have been racists since at least July 4, 1776.

Whites have been racists since creation.
But so have blacks.
After all, Egypt enslaved Hebrews 4000 years ago.

Racist is a term used on moron's who somehow think that the color of a man or woman's skin, uhh somehow makes up who the human being/man/woman would be in character and/or in intellect.

Anything pertaining to one's character in which a human being exibits and/or shows in their actions is a learned trait, and has absolutely nothing to do with ones skin color or looks.

Would you agree ??

What you really need to do is stop trying to get me to agree with your definition of racism that continues allowing you to deny character and actions by whites that have caused great harm to people who look like me.

You are one hopeless puppy in life. How about this then, go get a life before it's to late.

I'm fine. You have the problem.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Why are blacks like IM2 blind to their own racism?

 

[IM2]

I think it's sad that there are black people who spend their entire lives trying to convince the world that they should be pitied and propped up because of their insistence that they are substandard.

Racism: Negative Effects on Whites

Racism has distorted reality for many whites. Teachings about history, the world, the pursuits of thought, expressions of culture, and personal relationships have for most whites been both limited and false.

 

[IM2]

Why are blacks like IM2 blind to their own racism?

Whites like you are so stupid that it's kinda funny.

 

[IM2]

Why white people can't face up to racism
Enrique Cerna

Robin DiAngelo grew up poor and white. But it was years before she realized that despite living in poverty, she still had privilege because she was white.

"I had a very deep sense of shame and otherness growing up… But I had never looked at how, where in my life did I have an advantage? And where might I have been actually benefiting from the oppression of somebody else?” she says.

DiAngelo has been working on race and social justice issues for more than 20 years as a lecturer, consultant and trainer. She’s the author of the book, What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy.

She came to understand her advantage and privilege when she took a job as a diversity trainer. It was eye opening as she worked with mainly white clients who were uncomfortable with having to deal with the issue of race. It was through that work that she developed the concept of “white fragility” to explain why white people have such difficulty in talking about racism.

DiAngelo and I talked about her work and why it is important for white people to have a serious conversation about race in America today.

Here are some excerpts from our conversation.

Q: Let’s talk about white fragility. What is it?

A: If you try to talk to white folks about race in a way that just allows them to assert their opinions and perspectives unchallenged, that tends to go pretty well. But if you push back on it, that tends to go really poorly.

I saw it so consistently in my work trying to talk to white people about race and racism and trying to guide them in self-reflection about 'What does it mean to be white?’ And it looked like a form of fragility. And fragility is not weak. I think that it’s weak in the sense of the difficulty to hold the discomfort, but it ends up functioning to block the challenge, to stop the conversation. It’s actually quite powerful in its effectiveness. It really does block the conversation, protect our worldviews and allow us to continue on without really understanding

Q: Or doing anything about it.

A: Exactly.

Q: I moderated a town hall about race. It included Mark O’Mara, the attorney who represented George Zimmerman in the shooting death trial of Trayvon Martin. I asked why is it so difficult for white people to talk about race? And his take on it was that they don’t have to.

A: Prior to the Civil Rights Movement, you could pretty openly come out as a white person and proclaim, Yes we are better. We deserve what we have because we are a fundamentally superior people. This is the great joke of Archie Bunker; his children were saying, You can’t say that anymore Dad! So, post-civil rights, to be a good, moral person and to be complicit with racism were morally exclusive. So, if you suggest I’ve done anything racist you’ve basically just suggested that I’m for racism…and, of course, that is a character insult to me. And now I need to defend my character…. This makes it virtually impossible to talk to white people about the inevitable blind spots and assumptions and patterns that we have across race by virtue of living in the society that we live in.

Q: Sometimes, in talking to someone who is white about issues of race, they say, I’m not racist. I think if you have to say that then maybe you have some tendency to be that way.

A: I’m hoping all the white people listening right now just heard you say that. It’s not convincing. So much of what we say, our claims, what we provide as evidence that we are not racist, it’s so problematic. It’s so unexamined. And it just isn’t convincing. What you’re probably thinking is, Uh oh, I’m probably interacting with someone who doesn’t have a lot of self-awareness.

Q: And I get angry about it.

A: The person will say that you’re too sensitive, right? It’s like this maddening Catch-22.

Another classic is: I was taught to treat everyone the same. I think that’s probably the number one white racial narrative. But that’s not actually humanly possible. We make meaning of the world through the cultural framework we were socialized to make meaning of it through. And it’s infused with biases and assumptions.

Q: You got your Ph.D. at the University of Washington and your focus was on whiteness. Then you started doing diversity work. What was the aha moment?

A: We had to go through a five-day train the trainer and it was a very racially mixed group of people. For the first time, my racial worldview was being challenged in a sustained, consistent way. It was very intense and then we went out into the field. And we were in rooms filled primarily with white people who were so angry and hostile and so upset that they had to have this conversation.

And over time, because it’s so predictable and patterned, the sociologist in me kind of said, Okay, what are we doing? And so then I got better and better at speaking back to it. I do want to add that because I grew up poor, I had a very deep sense of shame and otherness growing up. And I could have told you all about it, and I’m female and I could just tell you all the ways that I had never had an advantage. But I had never looked at how, where in my life did I have an advantage? And where might I have been actually benefiting from the oppression of somebody else? And so having that to draw from… helped motivate me.

Q: So what is the responsibility of someone who is white on issues of race?

A: When we think about race, we think about asking you [people of color], what’s it like? And for as long as we’ve been doing that, people of color have been saying, Well, actually why don’t you look at yourselves? Is it possible that you might be our problem? And certainly, there’s a relationship here. I do think that the way race has been set up in this country, it is a white problem. And if white people don’t get involved in addressing it, we can only support and maintain it.

Why white people can't face up to racism

 

[Marion Morrison]

Why are blacks like IM2 blind to their own racism?

Whites like you are so stupid that it's kinda funny.

In what way?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

You're such a fuken retard.
I never think about blacks or racism until I read your posts.
If it weren't for dipshits such as yourself and the other race pimps I could go years without thinking about it.

 

[John Shaw]

And here we have a bunch of people arguing with IM2, as though he gives a shit about anything anyone else has to say (not that much of any of it is worth a damn).

Why he wastes his time spitting into the wind, no one knows.

 

[impuretrash]

And here we have a bunch of people arguing with IM2, as though he gives a shit about anything anyone else has to say (not that much of any of it is worth a damn).

Why he wastes his time spitting into the wind, no one knows.

Same could be said for the entire forum, no matter the topic.

 

[K9Buck]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

Didn't Reginald Denny write that?

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

a·sym·met·ri·cal
[ˌāsəˈmetrək(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE

1. 
   
   
   • having parts which fail to correspond to one another in shape, size, or arrangement; lacking symmetry.
   • having parts or aspects that are not equal or equivalent; unequal in some respect.

This word and definition will become very important here as the attacks begin.

Why whites are blind to their racism
Wed Jul 2nd 2008 by abagond

Most white Americans are blind to their racism. At least seven out of ten. And even those whites who do see it, most think it is not all that serious. Most whites live in nearly all-white neighbourhoods and see nothing racist in that. And when blacks do complain of racism, most whites do not believe it.

So why are whites so blind to their own racism? There is a short answer and a long answer.

The short answer is that they are not directly affected by it. They are never at the receiving end. Because they are white.

So when blacks talk about racism whites either have a hard time understanding it – because it is not something they have ever experienced – or they think blacks are making a big deal out of nothing: they are being too sensitive, they are living in the past and all that.

That is the short answer. The long answer is this:

America was founded on two crimes: taking the land of the red man and bringing the black man in chains to work it. To feel right and good about that whites had to be racist. They had to think of themselves as far better and more human than others.

So not only was the country built on racism, so were the hearts and minds of white people.

Back then racism was open, naked, violent and respectable. So respectable, in fact, that any white person who was was not racist, who related to blacks as equals, was called names or worse!

But then all that changed.

Starting in the 1970s racism became a sin among white Americans. It became kind of like how sex used to be: something you did not talk about openly and when you did you felt uncomfortable about it. It even had dirty words to go with it, especially the n-word. “Racist” became one of the worst things you could call a white person.

Because racism was no longer respectable it weakened considerably. But it was still there, it was still a part of how whites saw themselves and the world – but now they could not admit to it!

So then it got strange:

On the one hand, to hold on to their unfair position and advantages in society, to their white privilege, and feel right and good about it, whites had to believe racist lies. Like that blacks lacked brains or a willingness to work hard.

And yet, on the other hand, they knew that racism was wrong.

So in the 1970s whites reached a fork in the road: either give up racism and its advantages, in pride, position and wealth, or hang onto racism by becoming blind to it.

As it turned out, they gave up some of their advantages, like places at universities, but by and large they became blind. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

Why whites are blind to their racism

When blacks live in all black neighborhoods are those like you promoting racism?

How about Hispanics and Asians or Native Americans?

So do you believe Whites should be forced to live, shop and work at black only businesses and properties?

Also your article is racist just with the term " Red Man " when describing the original Native Population.

You see racism with every white person but ignore your own racist rants daily.

I have proven many times you only care about the black community and damn with the rest of society, so are you any different than that Klansman?

In my personal opinion no because I do believe you would support the enslaving of white society while calling for it genocide and raping of it.

You want white Society to pay for what you deem racist but you are a bigoted individual that supports the separation of the two societies while lecturing the white society how they are wrong for not wanting those like you in their society.

My neighbors are Filipino, Tejano and White.

Now you will proclaim I am racist because there are no blacks here but the area I live in is mainly Hispanic\Tejano but you will lecture me because there are no blacks it is a racist region while ignoring the other minorities in the area.

In the end you realize you are at the losing end because soon America will be Hispanic Majority and then you will discover Whitey was not so bad after all!

Then again your hate and bigoted views of white society will never allow you to think that!

P.S.

Have you ever discovered where Richmond, Texas is located?